[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3821 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3821

     To amend title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit 
  discrimination on the ground of religion in educational programs or 
                              activities.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 22, 2010

  Mr. Specter introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit 
  discrimination on the ground of religion in educational programs or 
                              activities.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUND OF RELIGION.

    Section 601 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d) is 
amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(a)'' before ``No person''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b)(1) No person in the United States shall, on the ground of 
religion, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, 
or be subjected to discrimination under, an educational program or 
activity receiving Federal financial assistance.
    ``(2) Paragraph (1) shall not be construed--
            ``(A) to limit an educational entity covered by section 606 
        with a religious affiliation, mission, or purpose from applying 
        policies for the admission of students, criteria for attaining 
        academic degrees, regulations governing student conduct and 
        student organizations, or policies for the employment of 
        faculty or staff, if the corresponding policies, criteria, or 
        regulations relate to the religious affiliation, mission, or 
        purpose;
            ``(B) to require an educational entity covered by section 
        606 to provide accommodation for any student's religious 
        obligations (including dietary restrictions and school 
        absences); or
            ``(C) with respect to an educational entity covered by 
        section 606 that permits expressive organizations to exist by 
        funding or otherwise recognizing the organizations, to require 
        the entity to limit such organizations from exercising their 
        freedom of expressive association by establishing criteria for 
        their membership or leadership.''.
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